OUTline

So here's the outline i have for the article:

Chapter title: Books

1- Introduction

2- A short history of books in Pakistan

i) Pre-partition era:

a: First book in Urdu

b: Poetry as a popular form of writing

c: Famous Urdu prose writers and their impact on the Muslim community

d: Efforts by various authors to raise awareness in Muslims through their books

e: Sindhi books

f: Change in the industry after the First and the Second World War

ii) Post-partition era:

a: Revolutionary writers in Urdu and other regional languages.

b: Criticisms and banned books

c: Post-partition authors and poets

d: Translations from English to Urdu

iii) Printing industry in its early days

References: Zafar Mansoor, Publishing Industry in Pakistan

3- Urdu Books

i) The beginning

[reference; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_literature]

ii) Fiction

a: Popular Urdu prose writers

b: Popularity of low cost ‘thriller’ books

c: Formula writers in Urdu

d: Translations from English to Urdu

iii) Non-fiction

a: Travelogues e.g. Mustansar Hussain Tarar

b: Biographies

c: Religious books

d: Current affairs books

e: Translations of great works in English into Urdu

f: Adaptations of TV shows e.g. Dr. Shahid Masood

iv) Poetry

a: Poetry as a significant part of Urdu literature

b: Famous poets and their contribution to the society

c: Translations of English poetry into Urdu and vice versa.

v) Children’s Literature

a: Folk tales in Urdu

b: Books on religion for children

c: Popular story books

d: Character building books

e: Books on Child related issues by NGOs like ROZAN.

vi) Readership

a: change in readership over time

b: Shift towards English

c: Dearth of good writers in Urdu

4- Regional Books

i) Sindhi

a: Rich Sindhi Literature in Pakistan : First Sindhi novel, Zeenat

b: Poetry

c: Translations into Sindhi and from Sindhi

f: Famous Sindhi writers; Mirza Qalich Beg, Hyder Bux Jatoi etc

[Ref;

ii) Punjabi

a: Pioneers of Punjabi literature: Waris Shah and Bulleh Shah

b: Current situation

c: Readership

[Ref; http://www.apnaorg.com/]

iii) Pashto

References: http://www.khyber.org/articles/2003/PashtoLiterature-AQuestforIden.shtml,

http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/ahmadjan.html,

http://lrrc3.sas.upenn.edu/heston/literature/classical.html]

5- English Books

i)Fiction

a: The first cohesive modern English novel- The Murder of Aziz Khan by Zulfikar Ghose

b: Award winning English language fiction writers e.g. Nadeem Aslam, Adam Zameenzad, Hanif Kureishi, and Bapsi Sidhwa

c: The younger lot e.g. Kamila Shmasie and Bina Shah

d: The subject matter of Englsih novels

e: Popularity

f: Debate- Why is it that almost all English language writers of Pakistani authors write from abroad?

[Ref; http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/001935.html, http://www.the-south-asian.com/Nov2004/Pakistani_literature_short_story_1.htm, www.threemonkeys.com]

ii) Non-fiction

a: Politics and Current affairs e.g. Tariq Ali

b: Books on culture and History e.g. Dawn groups ‘Karachi: Past and Present’ series

c: Social issues

d: Religious books e.g. Darussalam Publications

e: Translated works

f: Biographies

iii) Children’s Literature

a: Lack of quality books

b: Mo’s Star by Mehnaz Malik

[Ref; An Anthology Of Pakistani Writings in English by Muniza Naqvi[

6- Major Publishing Houses in Pakistan

i) Sang-e-Meel

ii) Paramount

iii) Al-Hamra

iv) Oxford

v) Ferozesons

7- Emerging Trends

i) the emergence of e-books

a: cheap

b: easy to access

ii) reading clubs in schools and universities

e.g. book club in Karachi University

[Ref; Sir Fahim of the International relations dept]

iii) book fairs

a: the first International Book Fair in Karachi

b: regular book fairs in schools, universities

c: popularity of places like Frere Hall and Koocha-e-Saqafat

iv) mobile bookshops

a: first mobile bookshop- Welcome book port

b: the Oxford Mobile Bookshop

v) Online book stores like Liberty Books

a: door step delivery

b: discount on online purchase

vi) low price editions of expensive books

vii) online book clubs

[Ref; Pak Book Bloggers Club initiated by Tooba Mehboob, Orkut Book Club moderated by Sabaa Ali]

8- Issues

i) Book Piracy and Copyright laws in Pakistan

a: Book piracy as a grave issue

b: Books being sold at a quarter of the original price

c: Majority of reference books being copied and sold openly

d: Raids at Urdu bazaar

e: A possible solution

ii) Incentives for writers

a: there is no encouragement whatsoever by the government

iii) Plagiarism

a: A lot of people simply reproduce what others wrote

b: Authors hire writers who reproduce from the internet

c: lack of original thought

iv) Decline in reading habits

a: Television as the book’s enemy

b: no place for a book in the fast paced digital life

v) Lack of libraries in the country

a: public libraries are in a deplorable state

b: the neighborhood libraries have vanished

c: most libraries only have reference books

vi) Censorship of books in Pakistan

[Ref; Mirza, Copyright and Book Piracy- A country report on Pakistan, various issues of Dawn, Books and Authors]